Saturday

February 27, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War

A truce is in effect, as of midnight. Russian Air Force attacks on opposition positions were reported to have been intensified before the truce took effect. (BBC)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

A suicide bomber kills at least 26 and injures nearly 50 in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province near the border with Pakistan. (AAP via News Limited) (The New York Times)

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

At least 30 people are killed in an airstrike on a market near the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (BBC)

Law and crime

Three people are stabbed, including one person critically wounded, and several people are arrested after a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally in Anaheim, California turns violent. (Los Angeles Times)